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Oct 20, 2005 · Josie, who is good-looking and has an attitude, becomes a target for lust and hate, which here amount to the same thing. "North Country," which tells her story, is inspired by the life of a real person, Lois Jenson, who filed the first class action lawsuit for sexual harassment in American history.
A semi-fictionalized account of a long legal battle consisting of a group of female miners who endured a hostile work environment, continuous insults, and secxual harassment when they became the first women to work at the Eveleth Mines in Minnesota. — Linda Miklowitz. Synopsis.
Plot. In 1989, Josey Aimes flees from her abusive husband back to her hometown in northern Minnesota with her children, Sammy and Karen, and moves in with her parents, Alice and Hank. Hank is ashamed of Josey, who had Sammy as a teenager by an unknown father, and believes Josey is promiscuous.
A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States, Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit. Director. Niki Caro.
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Aug 26, 2010 · North Country (Movie): Summary and Analysis. The movie North Country was based on the book ”Class Action: The Landmark Case That Changed Sexual Harassment Law” which tells the story of Lois Jenson, who filed the first class action lawsuit for sexual harassment in American history.
Oct 21, 2005 · Single mother Josey Aimes (Charlize Theron) is part of a group of the first women to work at a local iron mine in Minnesota. Offended that they have to work with women, male workers at Eveleth...
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North Country is a 2005 American drama film directed by Niki Caro, starring Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand, Sean Bean, Richard Jenkins, Michelle Monaghan, Jeremy Renner, Woody Harrelson and Sissy Spacek.
